Water-cycle.



Y M. SZEGEL.

WATER CYCLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1914.

1,104,229. Patented July 21, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHBBT 1.

M.' SZEGEL.

WATER CYCLE.

ArPLIoA'HoN FILED JAN. 27, 1914.

1,104,229, Patented July 21, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

wneoo eo 1 Patented vJuly 21, 19141- a sums-SHEET a.

wnemw f Giro: vlc-14 v MIKE sznenn, or NEWARK, NEW JnnsnY.

WATER-CYCLE.

unizh-. Bpecication of Letters Patent.

l Application led `Tanuary 27,1914'. Serial yNo.`814,887.

To all/whom it may concern.' c

Be :it known that I, MIKE SznonL, asubject" of the Emperor ofAustria-Hun ary,

' residing at Newark, inthe county of ssex l materially, to enhancetheir stability, and' and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Water- Cycles, of which the following is aspecilication.

This invention relates to water cycles. )ne object of the invention issoltoimprove the construction'of the buoyant propellers, as withoutincreasingltheir weight,

thus their eliciency4 in operation.'

A further object is to improve-the manner 0f constructing and assemblingthe parts of the supporting frame', whereby with a minimum of li htnessto secure the mechanism of strengt to enable it successfully towithstand lateral and torsional strains, to

whichit will be subjected in use.

With the above and other objects in view,

` as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, thesame vconsists in the novel construction and' arrangement of rts of aWater cycle, as will be hereinafter iiilly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this-specication, and in*which hke characters of reference indicate correspending partsz-Figure1 1s a view 1n side elevation of a water cycle constructed 1n accordancewith the present invention., Fig.. 2

is a top' plan view of themahine. Fig.v 3 is a perspective sectionalview of a steering wheel of the apparatus.

Fig; 5 is a fragmentary detail view in plan, and partly 1n section, of.a portion of the supporting frame and steering wheel. Fig.

6 is a perspective view .of a formV of su used in conjunction ywith allof the w Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail view, partly in section,`showing' the mannerl of assembling the 'supporting frame with the rearaxle. Fig 8 1s a. transverse sectional view through the rear axle,showing further the port means for securing parts of the supportingIframe thereof, and Fig. 9 is a view in side elevation of areinforcement-thatmay be employed in conjunctionwith thebuoyantpropellers in order to reinforce the connection of thel shafttherewith.v

The frame of-iii-lthe machine which constitutes one of the essentialfeatures of the invention, is, when viewed in plan, of substan-l4steering Fi si e bars 2`are bent upwardly at right an- .Fig ,4 is a`similarA view through one of the buoyantv pr'op'ellers.v

eels.

tia-ily rectangular form, and -comprisestwo Patented July 21', 1914'.-

side bars l and 2'that .are connected at their front by twoangularly-disposed bars 3 and 4, each of the bars 1 and 2 havingprojecting inwardly therefrom and at right angles thereto, two bars 5and 6, the terminalsA of which are secured by rivets or bolts 7 to theWheel ,post S, as clearly shown in 1. Asshown in this latter ligure',the

gles to their length to provide extensions 9, one of which is clearlyshown in Fig. 1,

land from these extensions project the bars 5 and' 6.' The seat supportcomprises an arched bar l0 upony which ismounted the Seatll, the reardepending end of which is forked-to provide two braces l2 and 13, the

terminals of which are rigidly secured at le v to the two shaft lbearin15 to the forward side of whichare vri y secured-the ternilnals of thesidebars 1 and 2, as by bolts 16, onel Vof which is shown in Fig. 8. Theforward portion or member 17 of tle arched` lbar is provided with twofora'ardly-extend.- lng projections 18 and 19, each of which is providedwith acollar 20 and 21 respectively that embrace the steerin wheelhead.,

as clearlyshown1n Fig. 1,.an thus secures `ay rigld' connection betweenthejlatter part and thev frame. The members 12 and 13 are indicated bydotted vlines in Figs. 1 and 2. Projecting rearwardly fromthe front 'bar7 of the seat support is van arm 23 provided at its rear endkwith abearmg 24-in which 1s' journaled the crank shaft 25 carrying usualpedals 26. The crank shaft carries at each extremity o f the bearing 'as rocket" wheel -27 :and 28 respectively', an these wheels are engagedby sprocketl chains 29 "connectedand rendered rigid by a brace22 thethat pass around the sprocket wheels 30 t vmounted on the rearshaft 31.'I This shaft as clearly shown in Figs. 'Z 4'and 8 is rectangular incrosssection and enga es -a sleeve or vbushin 32 that rotates within thebearings 15. T s shaft 31,;carries lat each end a buoyant propellerwhich -as Vshown in Fig. '4, is of-an elongated ellipticalv crosssection, composed of two sections 33 and 34, which-apre preferablyconstructed lof sheet metal and are secured together at their meeting e'ges'in any referred manner,V as by -bel'ng :,brazed orriveted'together. Where brazed together, there will be Aa reinforcingring 35 that will span the meeting edgesl of the sections and to whichthey will be a plurality of arms 37 that are designed to be riveted tothe sections, and a central bear* ing 38 carried byj the arms and havinga rectangular'opening 39 through which projects the bearing 40 shown inFigs. 4. and 6. This bearing is provided at one end with a flange 41extending at right angles to the axis of the bearing and which isriveted to one of the sections, the other end of the bearing havinginserted within it a bushing 42. to receive the reduced and rectangularend 43 of the 'shaft 31, the other end of the shaft bein'g provided witha bushing 44 similar to the one'just described and which fits within thebearing 40, a nut 45 screwed upon the outer end of the terminal 43serv'- ing to clamp the two` bushings irmly within the openings ofthepropeller.

Secured to the exteriorl of eachf section of the propeller is a seriesof curvilinear blades 46, leach of which is provided with .an outstandinflange 47 that is secured by rivets 48 to t e sections. These blades arepreferably of metal, and gradually increase in width from the center tothe periphery of the propeller so as to present the greatest resistanceto turning at the deepest point of immersion.

The steering post 49 carries the ordinary handle bars 50 and isjournaled in the steering wheel head 8in the usual manner, the lower endof the steering post being provided with a fork comprising members 51and 52. The steering wheel, or more properly, rudder 53, may beconstructed of any suitable material, such as metal, or'if preferred,canvas, and when the latter is employed, internal reinforces 54, in thenature of ribs, will be utilized. As it is not essential that the wheelor rudder 53 should turn, its supporting axle 55 is rectangular incrosssection, and extends through a bearing 56 similar to the bearing 40described in connection with the propellers, the bearing having at o'neend a ange 57 that bears against the exterior of the .rudder and havinginserted in its other end a bushing 58. The shaft 55 extends at bothends beyond the fork members 51 and 52, and is held4 assembled therewithin any suitable manner as by nuts 59.

From the foregoing description, the operation of the apparatus, it isthought, will b'e apparent, it being desired that the propellers andsteering wheel and rudder shall be of such size as to contain a body ofair that will, sustain the weight of the rudder with the axles of thetwo sets of wheels out of the walter, so that in propelling the machine,the feet of the operator will at no time be submerged in the water. y

In order to prevent the steering'wheel or rudder being turned through agreater arc than is necessary, and which if done would cause thesteering wheel to impede the progress of the machine that is beingpropelled through the water, the steering head is provided with atransverse slot 60 which is engag-ed by a pin 61 projecting from thesteering Lpost, the slot being of such length as to permit the wheel tobe turned through an arc of about one-third of a circle.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.- Awater cycle embodying buoyant propellers provided 'with curvilinearblades gradually increasing in ,width from the axis to, theyperipheries'of the Propellers.

2. A vwater cycle embodying buoyant propellers provided withLcmrvilinear biades" gradually increasing inwidth from the axis to theperipheries of the propellersand a buoyant steering wheel.

3. A water cycle embodying buoyant propellers provided with curvilinearblades gradually inereasin in width from the axis to the peripheries fthe propellers, and a non-rotatable buoyant steering wheel.

` 4. A water Cycle embodying buoyant propellers provided withcurvilinear blades gradually increasing in width from the axis to theperipheries ofthe propellers', a non- .rotatable buoyant steering wheel,and means for limiting the arc of. its rotation.

5. In a water cycle, a framecomprising -side and front members, asteering head secured to the front members, an arched seat bar securedto the steering head, a rear axle, bearings therefor, branched membersof the seat post secured to the bearings, buoyant bladed propellerscarried by the shaft, and a nonrotatable buoyant steering wheelsupported from the steering head.

\ In testimony whereof I aiix my vsigna-ture w in presence of twowitnesses.

. MIKE SZEGEL.

Witnesses: l

` EUGENE Cscnnm, j JOHN H.'BRoEMnL.

